Appliance for lifting, moving, and depositing materials.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906 J. M. HENDERSON. APPLIANCE FOR LIFTING, MOVING AND DEPOSITING MATERIALS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 20, 1905.

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J. M. HENDERSON. APPLIANCE FOR LIFTING, MOVING, AND DEPOSITING MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1905.

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No. 823,861. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906 4 J. M. HENDERSON. APPLIANCE FOR LIPTING, MOVING, AND DEPOSITING MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1905.

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APPLIANCE FOR LIFT NG, IvIovING, AND DEPOSITING MATERIALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applieation filed June 20, 1905. Serial No. 266,:l42.

' Leatenteoi June 19, 1906.

25,538, bearing the date November 24, 1904,)

of which the following is a specification.

This invention has'reference to and comprises appliances for lifting, moving, and depositing materials and which will be very useful in ship-building yards in the construction of war and other vessels and for a variety of other purposes, such as bridge-works, harbor works, open-pit excavation, and mining. In carrying into practice the improvements of this invention as for use in a shipbuilding yard transverse girders of any suitable length and built of.steel, iron, or other suitable material are carried at each end of an aerial cableway'on supports consisting of strong beams, preferably one at each end of the girders and hinged at their lower ends to strong foundations. The supporting-beams are preferably arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the device and are inclined outwardly or away from each other, Fig. 1, as will be suitable for ship-building yards and like situations where room for anchored stays is limited or not available,'the weight of the girders and supporting-beams will serve wholly or in part .to put the necessary tension on the cables.

Between the girders one or a combination of any "suitable number of cables are stretched,-either fixed at both ends, fixed at one end and capable of movement along the girder at the other end, or capable ofsuch movement at both ends. Whenv capable of movement along'the girders, the ends of the cables are secured to suitable carriages capable of traveling along the girders by means of horizontal and vertical wheels engaging with rails. When capable of movement along the girders, the cables may be made to move simultaneously, separately, in opposite direc-.

tions simultaneously, in opposite directions singly, or a combination of any or all of these.

en so arranged to move, the movements are made either with or without loads suspended. The motive power for the side movement of cables is hand, steam, electric,

hydraulic, pneumatic, petrol, or spirit, one.

of these or a combination of two or more and the controlling apparatus for the side moveconvenient point, preferably, as shown. in

' Figs. 5 and 6, on an inclosed platform on the hoisting and traveling load-carriage, which is always directly over the work and in the best position for the operator to see what is necessary to be done. The motive power for hoisting and traveling motions for load-carriage may be hand, steam, electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, petrol, spirit, any one of these, or a combination of two or more, and in order that others skilled in the art to which my invention relates may properlyunderstand same and how it is to be carried into effect or practice I have hereunto appended four sheets of drawings, in which Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively an elevation and plan of one arrangement of my new or improved appliances. Fig. 3 is a side view of one form of the end carriages, also showing the upper end of one of the supportingbeams; and Fig. 4 is an end view of said carriage, while Figs. 5, 6 are respectively a side view and a plan of one form of load-carriage.

Referring to the drawings, as illustrated by Figs.\1' and 2, the transverse girders a, made of any suitable length and built of steel, iron, or other suitable material, are

carried at each end of the aerial cableway or cableways b on supporting-beams c, hinged at their lower ends to strong. foundations d. The beams are placed, as shown, at an angle or inclination outward and are connected by the stay-cables e, secured to each beam by turnbuckles or other straining or tensionregulating devices. strong foundations f beneath by the cable or like g. Between the end girders the cable- They are also secured toways 6 are stretched, secured at each end totraveling carriages h, arranged togive transverse movement and" merely indicated in these views, but shown in detail to an enlarged scale in Figs.- 3 and 4. A load-carriage i, merely indicated in these figures, but shown detail to an enlarged scale in Figs. 5 and 6, for raising, lowering, and distributing material is sustained by each cableway b. Hauling-lines'j, secured at each end to the end carriage, are used to haul the load-carriages i to and fro and give longitudinal motion to these.

As illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4, which are respectively a side view of one form of end carriage and an end view of same, Fig. 3 also showing the upper part of a beam 0 and the end of the girder a, the end carriage is constructed as a strong framing carrying an electromotor k, which transmits motion, by means of the worm Z, worm-wheel m, shaft a, pinion 0, and spur-wheel p, to the bevel-gearing g r s t, to the vertical shafts u, on which the traveling wheels 12 are keyed or otherwise secured and which by their friction on the plates w of the end girder a cause the carriage to travel to and fro. The carriage rests by the flanged wheels :1: on the rails y, secured on the end girder a.

As shown in Fig. 3, the aerial cableway or main cable I), carrying the load-carriage i, is secured to a bolt .2 on the end carriage h by a tension-regulating and oscillating device, and.

the hauling-rope j is also attached to the carriage by a tension-regulating screwed bolt and nut.

As illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6, which are respectively a side view and a plan with the upper part removed, the load-carriage 'i may be constructed as follows: A strong framework of angled iron and the like is suspended on the main cable I) by three wheels or pulleys 1 and carries an electromotor 2, which gives motion by the pinion 3, spur-wheel 4, and main shaft 5 and to the hauling or traveling and raising and lowering appliances. The motion is transmitted from the shaft 5, by means of the lever and clutch mechanism 6 7 8 9, to the pinion 10 and spur-wheels 11, keyed on the shaft 12, which carries the hauling-rope wheels 13. A brake-wheel 14 is also secured on the shaft 12,and a brakeband 15 on same is actuated by the pedalactuated lever 16, lever 17, connecting-rod 18, lever 19, and bell-crank lever 2O. The motion is also transmitted from the shaft 5, by means of the lever and clutch mechanism 21 22,to thepinion 23 and spur-wheel 24, secured to the duplex winding-barrel 25, revolving loose on the hollow shaft 26. The raising and lowering rope 28, being wound onto the barrel from each outer end, passes 'round one of the pulleys 29 of the duplex block 30, whence it passes to the compeusating pulley 31 and back to the other pulley of the duplex block, so that the strain is equalized on the two parts of the rope. The wind ing-drum is controlled by the brake-band 32 on the brake-wheel 33, actuated b the handwheel 34, rod 35, and right and eft handed screws screwing in the nuts 36, connected to the brake-band 32. The motive power used.

' in this case is electricity, and any suitable arrangement or system may be employed, which will be obvious to any electrical excurrent.

pert and forms no part of the present invention, but it is preferred to use a three-phase The current generated at any convenient station is conveyed by the conducting-wires up one of the supporting-beams to the load-car, from which it is distributed to the motor 2 and the motors k on the end carriages. A switchboard 37 maybe fitted convenient to the operator, who occupies the platform 38, where also a controller 39 is situated, and the requisite number of collector-arms 4.0 are employed. This arrangement of and mode of working the load and end carriage is described and illustrated by way of example and is capable of extensive modification I therefore do not confine my claims to the details as shown and described.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for the lifting, moving and depositing of materials, comprising a foundation, supporting-beams hinged thereto and arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the device with an inclination away from each other, girders carried on said supportingbeams, and cables stretched between said girders, the weight of said supporting-beams and girders serving to put the necessary tension on the cables.

2. A device for the lifting, moving and depositing of materials, comprising a foundation, supporting-beams hinged thereto and arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the device, with an inclination away from each other, girders carried on said supportingbeams, and cables stretched between said girders, the weight of said supporting-beams and girders serving to put the necessary tension on the cables, in combination with another cable, stretched between said girders, having means at its ends to permit movement along said girders.

3. A device for the lifting, moving and d epositing of materials, comprising a foundzt tion, supporting-beams hinged. thereto and arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the device with an inclination away from each other, girders carried on said supporting-beams, and cables stretched between said girders, the weight of said supporting-beams and girders serving to put the necessary tension on the cables, in combination with another cable having a carriage at each end with means carried thereby to move said cable transversely along said irders.

4. A device for the lifting, moving and depositing of materials, comprising a foundation, supporting-beams hinged thereto and arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the device with an inclination away from each other, girders carried on said supportingbeams, and cables stretched between said girders, the weight of said supporting-beams and girdersservingto put the necessary tension on the cables, in combination with another cable, a load-carriage supported thereby, and

'means carried by said carriage for moving itself along said cable. Y 4

5. A device for the lifting, moving and depositing of materials, comprising a foundation, supporting-beams hinged thereto and arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the device with an inclination away from each other, girders carried on said supportingbeams, cables stretched between said girders, the weight of said supporting-beams and gir-' ders serving to put the necessary tension on the cables, in combination with another cable, a load carriage supported thereby having means for moving itself along said cable and means at each end of said cable for moving said cable transversely along the girers.

6. A device for the lifting, moving and depositing of materials, comprisingsupporting cable and hauling-ropes connecting said supporting means, and a framework carriage having hauling-pulleys for moving itself along the load-cable by means of the haulingro es, in combination with end carriages to w ch said cables are secured, having means for movin the cables and the load-carriage transverse y and means on the load-carnage for rotating the hauling-pulleys.

8. A device for the lifting, moving and depositing of materials, comprising supporting means at opposite ends ofthe. device, a cable and hauling-ropes connecting said supporting means, and a framework carriage having means for moving itself along said cable by with a carriage at each end of the cable and means carried by the carriage for moving the cable transversely.

9. A device for the lifting, moving and depositing of materials, comprising supportingbeams arranged in pairs at the opposite ends of the device, girders carried on sald beams, a cable stretched between said girders, and a carriage adapted to travel along said cable, in combination with a carriage at each end of said cable, a track along WhlCl'l said carriage travels and means carried by the carriage to propel itself along said track.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN M. HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER MOLEAN, ROBERT WALKER.

means of said hauling-ropes, ]Il combination 

